Seeing like a simulation ⊗ The “Whisperverse” ⊗ Risks vs. Harms: Youth & social media
No.328 — The destructo test ⊗ Seeding futures for wellbeing ⊗ AlphaChip transformed computer chip design ⊗ Tiny prairies for sustainability boons
A carefully curated weekly newsletter finding signals of change and imagining better futures in technology, society, and culture.
No.328 — The destructo test ⊗ Seeding futures for wellbeing ⊗ AlphaChip transformed computer chip design ⊗ Tiny prairies for sustainability boons
No.327 — What’s a Brain? ⊗ The world’s weirdest library ⊗ A strategic simulation ⊗ Nvidia just dropped a bombshell
No.326 — Protopia for screenwriters ⊗ Imagining the future to bring people closer ⊗ Gracious AI ethics ⊗ Pact for the Future
Where I explore the concept of “generalist syndrome,” in which individuals with a wide range of skills may unknowingly limit themselves by relying on their own capabilities instead of considering alternative, potentially more effective solutions.
No.325 — To understand Mississippi with a 480-year-old map ⊗ Once Upon A Future ⊗ Computational reproducibility
No.324 — Is this climate tech start-up going rogue? ⊗ Dynamicland intro ⊗ World-fleshing ⊗ As climate threats to agriculture mount
No.323 — Solar power will change the climate ⊗ A fossil fuel economy requires more mining than a clean energy economy ⊗ The return of the grand narrative
No.322 — Shelter in place ⊗ The Doc web ⊗ Brian Eno and the job of art ⊗ Mapping archetypes and after capitalism
No.321 — Actually, everyone’s life is weird ⊗ Insights from science fiction ⊗ No one’s ready for this ⊗ Trees Are the Seeds of Human Creativity
No.320 — Brownfields to blooming meadows, with fungi ⊗ Trajectories for future festivals ⊗ Singing better worlds to life
No.319 — Moving from naive to authentic progress ⊗ MUTEK Forum ⊗ Zero-carbon cement ⊗ How Sci-Fi movies have changed since the 50s
No.318 — Our Shared Storm ⊗ Thinking outside the cone ⊗ AI as a creative partner
No.317 — Modernism, Inc ⊗ Liminal excavations ⊗ Frankenstein God ⊗ A genealogy of technology and power